Chevalier

Movie

2023

1h 44m

PG-13

English

Music, Drama, History

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6.6

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The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to improbable heights in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and fencer, complete with an ill-fated love affair and a falling out with Marie Antoinette and her court.

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Chevalier

PG-13

Movie

2023

1h 44m

English

Music, Drama, History

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Cast

Joseph

Marie-Josephine

Marie Antoinette

Philippe

La Guimard

Madame de Genlis

Christoph Gluck

Montalembert

Poncet

Nanon

La Arnould

George Bologne

Rosie

King Louis XVI

Alexander Picard

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Directed By: Stephen Williams

Written By: Stefani Robinson

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miguelreina says...

one year ago

[Disney+] It loses the opportunity to portray a character as unknown as he is interesting, although surrounded by certain doubts about the veracity of some information, which comes from a novelized version of his life. However, the script reduces to an interracial love story in the context of the incipient French Revolution, and it seems that Joseph Boulogne is more interested in his social reflection than in his merits as a composer. There is a good recreating of the period, and of a royal palace blind to the needs of the people, but there is no interesting reflection on the subject.

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marcs says...

one year ago

More romanticization than factual biography about a subject whose actual story would make an engrossing story on its own. Coupled with mediocre acting, direction, and editing and with dialogue peppered with modern idioms which come across as jarring given the period setting and additional music written for the movie that is not at all styled in keeping with that period, this entire movie falls flat and disappoints.

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Obione_TdG says...

one year ago

Very fake and unrealistic biography, seems a cheap TV drama in costume.

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MSB

2 years ago

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"Chevalier holds a screenplay by Stefani Robinson that doesn't escape the predictability of the usual biopic structure, but director Stephen Williams offers a careful, surprisingly captivating look More

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Nathan

2 years ago

Chevalier may not revolutionize the biographical picture genre, but it is an incredibly well-crafted film that makes for an entertaining watch. Stephen Williams' direction was one of the biggest standouts of the movie, with his use of smooth transitions and camera work in a 3D space immersing the vi More

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CinemaSerf

one year ago

I was really looking forward to this, and after it starts with some compelling duelling violins between the eponymous "Joseph" (Kelvin Harrison Jnr.) and none other than the great Mozart himself (Joseph Prowen) that features some magical musical improvisations, I thought I was in for a treat. Sadly, More

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